EVR vs. RJF, LPLA, SF, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, OPY, FBRC, MS, and GS
Should you be buying Evercore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Evercore include Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), Oppenheimer (OPY), FBR & Co. (FBRC), Morgan Stanley (MS), and The Goldman Sachs Group (GS). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
Evercore vs.
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) and Evercore (NYSE:EVR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Raymond James had 32 more articles in the media than Evercore. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Raymond James and 0 mentions for Evercore. Evercore's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Raymond James' score of 0.72 indicating that Evercore is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Raymond James presently has a consensus price target of $166.09, indicating a potential upside of 9.75%. Evercore has a consensus price target of $298.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.31%. Given Evercore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Evercore is more favorable than Raymond James.
Raymond James received 213 more outperform votes than Evercore when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.34% of users gave Evercore an outperform vote while only 58.13% of users gave Raymond James an outperform vote.
Raymond James has higher revenue and earnings than Evercore. Raymond James is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evercore, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Raymond James has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Evercore's net margin of 12.64%. Evercore's return on equity of 24.19% beat Raymond James' return on equity.
Raymond James has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evercore has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.8% of Raymond James shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Evercore shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Raymond James shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Evercore shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Raymond James pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Evercore pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Raymond James pays out 19.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evercore pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evercore has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Raymond James is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Evercore beats Raymond James on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EVR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
